AfterElton Briefs: A national day of protest, new "Milk" clips, and more!

Out actor Peter Paige at a recent Power Up Premiere event in LA

Following this assortment of carefully-selected news items, interested readers can find a refreshing pic of a hot man in underwear after the jump. Yes, we're serious.

• In the wake of the Prop 8 vote, a group has named November 15th a national day of protest, and set up the Join the Impact website to coordinate demonstrations across the country. And for even more info on Prop 8 protests, check out Towleroad.com.

• The departure of City Opera's Gerard Mortier has left the announced Brokeback Mountain opera in limbo. Here's to hoping someone steps in to fund it to completion.

• The Huffington Post asks if the departure of Brooke Smith's nulesbian Grey's Anatomy character is more troubling than ABC would like us to believe.

• Above, a recent 365Gay roundtable on last week's election and the implications of Prop 8.

• Focus Features has released six new short clips from Milk. Check 'em out over here.

• In the upcoming film The Danish Girl, Nicole Kidman will play the world's first post-op transgender, and will be married to Charlize Theron. Do you think they armwrestled over who got the role with the most prosthetics?

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